Clothes basket hanger



P 11, 1951 w. H. MORRIS 2,567,573

I CLOTHES BASKET HANGER Filed Aug. 20, 1948 r I) L V ZJ /3 INVENTOR. l V/Y/iam H. Morris ATTD RNEYS Patented Sept. 11, 1951 ,UNITEDGS ATEs PATENT OFFICE CLOTHES BA S KET HANGER William H. Morris, Madison, Ala. Application August 20, 1948, Serial No. 45,415

2 Claims. (01.105-450) This invention relates to clothes basket hangers, and more particularly to a hangerjfor.sus

pending a basket of clothes froma clothesllline. The principal object of the invention is' to provide a clothes basket hangeradapted to be easily engaged with a clothes line and" slid therealong so that the basket of clothes may be shifted along the line while hanging clothes from the line.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothes basket hanger whichv .is capable of adjustment to baskets oi. different sizes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clothes basket hanger that is easily assembled and disassembled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clothes basket hanger which is extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a clothes basket suspended from a clothes line by means of the clothes basket hanger;

Figure 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of the clothes basket hanger;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the clothes basket hanger;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary end elevational view of the clothes basket hanger;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the clothes basket hanger comprises a pair of horizontallydisposed arms I and The arm It is provided with a longitudinally-extending, arcuate or curved portion l2, and the arm is provided with a longitudinally-extending, arcuate or curved portion I3. Arranged in spaced relation along the arm I0 is a plurality of openings Hi, there being a plurality of spaced openings I arranged on the arm I! for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The arms It and H are arranged so that the arcuate portion |3 of arm H is slidably and snugly received in the arcuate portion |2 of arm I0. For releasably locking the arms I0 and H together, a headed bolt I6 is inserted through one of the openings |4 in the arm l0 and a registering opening l5 in the arm The bolt I6 is provided with a threaded end I! and threaded thereon is a locking member embodying a .nut l8. Circumposed on the bolt l6 and arranged between the nut l8 and the arm H is a resilient means embodying a coil spring I 9 for biasing the arms ill and II together. The end of the arm I0 is flat and is arranged in side-by-side relation with respect to the upper flat end 2!) of a tapered, vertically-disposed suspension rod 2|. The suspension rod 2| has its upper end bent at 2?. and turned downward to form bearings for the grooved roller 23, said roller beingumounted on a pin 24 which extends through arm [0 and through the bearings of the suspension rod 2|. A washer 25 is positioned on the pin 24 on each side of the roller 23, and a lock nut 29 is threaded on the threaded end 21 of the pin 24 for locking the arm l0, suspension rod 2| and roller 23 in assembled relation.

The end of the other arm I! is flattened and is arranged in side-by-side relation with respect to the upper fiatend 28 of a tapered suspension rod 29. The suspension rod 29 has its upper end bent at 30 and turned downward to form bearings for the grooved roller 3|, the roller being supported in the bearings by a pin 32 and lock nut 33.

The lower ends of the suspension rods 2| and 29 each dependingly carry a hook 34 and 35, respectively, for engagement with the bails 36 of a clothes basket 31 for supporting the latter. A receptacle 3B for containing clothes pins may be suspended by its handle 39 from the hook 34.

In use, the hanger is arranged so that the grooved rollers 23 and 3| engage the clothes line 9 which is supported by the post 8. The basket 31 containing clothes is suspended from the hooks 34 and 35 on the lower ends of the suspension rods 2| and 29, and by means of this construction the hanger may be readily connected to a clothes line 9 and removed therefrom, the basket 31 being movable upon the clothes line from place to place. For supporting baskets 31 of different sizes, the space between the suspension rods 2| and 29 can be varied by first disassembling the bolt Hi from the apertured arms I0 and N, then adjusting the arms In and H to the proper position, and then re-inserting the bolt 6 through a pair of registering apertures in the arms Ill and While I have shown and described what is now thought to be a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood" that the same is susceptible of other forms and expressions. Consequently, I do not limit myself to the precise structure shown and described hereinabove except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. In a device for suspending a clothes basket from. a clothes line, a pair of vertically-disposed suspension rods, a roller mounted on the upper end of each of said suspension rods for engagement with said clothes line, means on each of said suspension rods for engagement with said clothes basket for supporting the latter, and means operatively connecting said rods together, said last-named means comprising a first arm provided with a plurality of apertures secured to one of said suspension rods, a second arm provided with a plurality of apertures secured to the 7 other of said suspension rods, said arms being arranged in side-by-side relation and mounted for longitudinal movement relative to each other, and a securing element adapted to be inserted through a pair of registering apertures in said arms.

2. In a device for suspending a clothes basket from a clothes line, a pair of vertically-disposed suspension rods, a roller mounted on the upper end of each of said suspension rods for engagement with said clothes line, means on each of said suspension rods for engagement with said clothes basket for supporting the latter, and means operatively connecting said rods together, said last-named means comprising a first arm provided with a plurality of apertures secured .4 to one of said suspension rods, a second arm provided with a plurality of apertures secured to the other of said suspension rods, said arms being arranged in side-by-side relation and mounted for longitudinal movement relative to each other, a securing element adapted to be inserted through a pair of registering apertures in said arms, a locking member positioned on an end of said securing elements, and resilient means interposed between said locking member and said arms for biasing said pair of arms together.

WILLIAM H. MORRIS.

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